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Francis George Mann, CBE, DSO, MC (6 September 1917 – 8 August 2001) was an English cricketer, who played for Cambridge University, Middlesex and England. He was born at Byfleet, Surrey and died at Stockcross, Berkshire. As a cricketer, George Mann was a right-handed middle-order batsman.
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The elder son of Frank Mann, who captained England in South Africa in 1922-23, George Mann similarly led an MCC side there, in 1948-49.
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- October 6, 1917
- England
Francis George Mann, cricketer and administrator: born Byfleet, Surrey 6 September 1917; MC 1942; DSO 1945; CBE 1983; married 1949 Margaret Marshall Clark (three sons, one daughter); died...
Apr 15, 2002 · MANN, FRANCIS GEORGE, CBE, DSO, MC, died on August 8, 2001, aged 83. The elder son of Frank Mann, who captained England in South Africa in 1922-23, George Mann similarly led an MCC side there, in...
[Francis] George Mann (1917-2001), cricketer. Played for Middlesex from 1947 to 1958. He captained the M.C.C. in South Africa in 1948-9, and captained England against New Zealand in 1949. He was a director of the family brewing firm Mann, Crossman, and Paulin and then Watney Mann.
George Mann CBE DSO MC. Biography. George Mann was born at Byfleet, Surrey in 1917 and captained Eton, before representing Cambridge University in 1938 and 1939. A powerful middle-order batsman particularly strong on the leg-side, he once hit a six straight over the main football stand roof at Headingley on to the adjacent rugby field.
Aug 14, 2001 · GEORGE MANN, who has died aged 83, was a cricketer who adorned the game as captain of Middlesex and England in the post-war years; during the Second World War he was judged "the best...
